The tireless Chitkoo Lall (name not changed) hawked
public issues in the early 90s, quickly
changing to DTP services, LIC, World Book, PCs, Amway, Tupperware, herbals… his
hapless quarry being the docile well-heeled gentry living around LinkingRoad in
suburban Mumbai. Bag in hand, he strides the lanes, sharp gaze missing nothing.
Prey between his claws, he pumps the skull with...

ML: Shall we start with a
little bit about your background and your upbringing? When and how did you
decide to be an entrepreneur?SB: There are no business people in my
family. My
father is a Doctor and he was in the government from 1950 to 1983. So we were
brought up in government colonies. I studied at St. Columbus School in Delhi,
so did my brother. There was no business...

Many worried parents crib at the all-too-regular
film watching-cum-computer-playing habits of their children. But there just
might be a career in the making for some creative minds involved in these
pastimes and in a field where experts are hugely in demand. Animation is an
industry which has not only grown at a dramatic rate over the past few years
but which is waiting to simply...